L&Q won the gold award in the IT team of the year category of the inaugural Housing Technology 2024 awards. Andrew Makinson, head of delivery for business applications at L&Q outlines more about the housing provider’s prize-winning team. You’d be hard pushed to find a tougher operating environment than the one facing the housing sector….
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L&Q’s virtual concierges from Alcove
An L&Q extracare scheme in Essex has been fitted with a virtual concierge service from Alcove. L&Q’s Cornell Court is the first social housing scheme in the UK to include this technology as standard and to use the internet of things to connect several devices within each property to create a wraparound service for residents….
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L&Q joins DPS Marketplace
L&Q has joined the DPS Marketplace framework developed between software provider Plentific and housing providers Notting Hill Genesis and Peabody. The DPS Marketplace enables ‘smart capacity management’ for housing providers around their maintenance and repairs operatives, while also giving local businesses unprecedented access to exclusive contracts from RSLs, provided they meet strict, trade-specific requirements. Plentific…
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AssetCore data analytics at L&Q
Over the last 12 months, London & Quadrant has processed a number of property-related ‘live’ transactions using AssetCore’s loan security and asset information tool. Documentation and data relating to properties held by housing providers is often held offline, in traditional spreadsheet and paper-based formats. When managing these property portfolios, this legacy approach means that communications…
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Alcove pioneers ‘Alexa skills’ in housing
Assistive technology company Alcove, who has been helping older and disabled adults in housing schemes across the UK remain safe for the last three years using its IoT-based digital care ecosystem, has reported that it is the only company of its kind in the UK to have built a care ‘skill’ on Amazon’s Alexa devices…
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L&Q wins CQC award with Alcove
L&Q has upgraded its telecare services using remote monitoring technologies from Alcove, replacing its previous Tunstall devices, and has now been upgraded from ‘needs improvement’ to ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) across four supported living schemes. One ‘outstanding’ scheme is now fitted with over 50 devices including movement, heat, light and eating sensors,…
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